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February 3,
2004
Contact:
Lynn Kimbrough, 720-913-9025
PLEA ACCEPTED IN
PURSE SNATCH CASE
Mercedes Padilla
(DOB: 5-30-64) pleaded guilty today to one count
of robbery of an at-risk adult (F3).
Padilla, along with co-defendant
Hector Hernandez, faced charges for the purse snatching of an
80-year-old Denver woman while she unloaded groceries from her
car in January 2003.
Sentencing for Mercedes Padilla
is scheduled for February 23, 2004, at 8:30 a.m. in Denver
County Court, Division 23. The presumptive range for sentencing
on a class 3 felony is up to 12 years in prison. Hector
Hernandez, who is facing multiple felony charges in similar
cases, is scheduled for arraignment on February 17, 2004 at 8:30
a.m., Division 23.
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